Don’t Ignore These Warning Signs Before a Stroke — They Can Save a Life

Neurosurgeons claim that if they are able to operate on a patient who’s suffered a stroke within 3 hours of it occurring, there is every chance that the person can make a recovery. But realizing someone is (or you are) having a stroke is not always straightforward for most of us who know little about medicine.

So here are some brief instructions to help you understand. We implore you to read them — you might just be able to save your own or someone else’s life one day.

How to understand that you are having a stroke

Numbness in the left arm, leg, or the left side of the face.

Trouble speaking and understanding other people’s speech.

Complete or partial paralysis.

Trouble seeing in one or both eyes.

Dizziness and loss of consciousness.

There are four steps you can take to determine if someone is experiencing a stroke:

Ask the person to smile (if they are having a stroke, they will be unable to do this)

Ask the person to say a simple sentence (for example, ’The weather is great today’) – again, if they can’t manage it there is a high probability that they’re having a stroke.

Ask them to try to lift both arms (if they’re having a stroke, they will only be able to do this partly or not at all).

Ask them to stick out their tongue (if the tongue is ’crooked’, if it goes to one side or the other that is also an indication of a stroke.

If the person exhibits even one of these symptoms, call the emergency services immediately.

A cardiologist has been quoted as saying if everyone who gets this information sends it to ten people; you can bet that at least one life will be saved.

Neurosurgeons claim that if they are able to operate on a patient who’s suffered a stroke within 3 hours of it occurring, there is every chance that the person can make a recovery. But realizing someone is (or you are) having a stroke is not always straightforward for most of us who know little about medicine.
So here are some brief instructions to help you understand. We implore...

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